Dubai, Sept. 12 -- Team India's strength and conditioning coach Adrian Le Roux, working his second stint with the Men in Blue, spoke on the Bronco Test that has been introduced recently to test a player's fitness.

The conversation with Roux was posted on the official website of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The Bronco Test was originally made for rugby players to raise their aerobic and cardiovascular capacity. With four markers placed at 0m, 20m, 40m, and 60m, the player who runs goes from 0m to 60m, back to 0m, to 40m, back to 0m, to 20m, and finally back to 0m-- covering a total of 240 m in one set. A total of five sets, i.e, 1,200 m without a break, completes this highly relentless test, as per Wisden.

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